Benoit Hamon, former education minister and traditional left-winger, on Sunday became the Left candidate for upcoming French presidential election after beating his rival Manuel Valls in the Left primary run-off, partial results showed.

With votes in 4,322 polling stations out of the total 7,500 sites accounted, Hamon enjoyed a comfortable win with 58.65 percent of votes ahead of former prime minister Valls' 41.35 percent, according to the results.

source: Xinhua